Tahfa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Tahfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tahfa (258) may also be a first name.
Tahfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tahfa occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahfa? popularity and diffusion
Tahfa is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Tahfa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Tahfa reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 554,411th most widespread given name in the world, held by 258 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Iran, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 19,195,631. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 25 percent are found, Fars Province, where 25 percent are found and Qom Province, where 25 percent are found. Excluding Iran this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 25 percent are found and Lebanon, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tahfa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis